Richard Wright (1908-60) was born in Natchez, MS on September 4, 1908.
Read Orrin's review of Native Son (1940)(Grade: C+).

Today is the birthday of the Mother Judd--Happy B-Day, Mom!

Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), proof that all rules have exceptions, was born in France on September 6, 1757.

On September 6, 1936, Beryl Markham became the first person to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West. Read Orrin's review of her great memoir, West With the Night (1941) (Beryl Markham 1902-1986) (Grade: A+)

Elia Kazan (1909-) was born in Constaninople, Turkey on September 7, 1909. His great movie On
the Waterfront (1954) is an allegory for his own decision to fight evil by testifying against fellow communists.

The great adventurer and travel writer, Richard Halliburton (1900-39), was
born in Memphis, TN on January 9, 1900. We particularly recommend his book, The Glorious Adventure (1927), in which he recreated the
travels of Ulysses. I read it twenty years ago and still recall how exciting it was when he swam the Hellespont.

David Herbert "DH" Lawrence (1885-1930) was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, ENG on September 11, 1885. He did as much damage to Anglo-American Literature as anyone this side of Joyce, Freud and Darwin. Read Orrin's review of Sons and Lovers (1913)(Grade: D).

Bernard MacLaverty (1942-) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on September 14, 1942. Brothers Judd recommends his novel Cal (1983) which was adapted into a very good movie version (1984) starring Helen Mirren.

William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States, was born in Cincinnati, OH on September 15, 1857.